Woman dies after being trapped between two vehicles in parking lot collision

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By Erik GableDaily Telegram Special Writer

The Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

By Erik GableDaily Telegram Special Writer

Posted Feb. 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM
Updated Feb 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM

By Erik GableDaily Telegram Special Writer

Posted Feb. 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM
Updated Feb 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM

MADISON TWP.

An Adrian woman died Sunday after a driver backing out of a parking space at the Adrian Walmart hit the gas instead of the brake, trapping her between two parked cars as they were forced together.

Madison Township police chief Mike Shadbolt said Linda Guzman, 59, died at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, where she was airlifted after the crash.

Shadbolt said a van was backing out of a parking space when the driver, an 89-year-old man, hit the accelerator when he intended to brake. The van backed into a parked pickup, also striking a cart corral, and the pickup was pushed into the car next to it.

Shadbolt said Guzman had just exited the car when the pickup struck her, pinning her between the two vehicles.

The incident happened shortly before 12:30 p.m. Life Flight helicopter responded and airlifted the victim to the hospital, Shadbolt said.

Accident investigators from the Lenawee County Sheriff's Department assisted at the scene.